Immersify is a European research project that started in October 2017, connecting the Ars Electronica Futurelab with four partners from all over Europe (PSNC – Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Spin Digital Video Technologies GmbH, Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes and Visualization Center C). In order to create media that is as immersive as possible, the expertise of the partners is diverse and includes video codecs, infrastructure, film distribution and high resolution displays. The project, situated right at the intersection of artistic vision, scientific research and technological development, is set to continue until 2020.
Immersify Content Demos at 8K screen
Various content that has been developed in the context of Immersify will be displayed on an 8K screen right in the middle of POSTCITY Linz, First Floor.
- Singing Sand 2.0 – Tadej Droljc (SI)
- Island in the sky II – Timestorm Films (DE)
- Prima Materia 8K – Nohlab (TR)
- Pano LA 10K – Joe Capra (US)
- Karkonosze Mountains – PSNC (PL)
- Poznan Time-lapse – PSNC (PL)
- Immersive Minimalism – Theresa Schubert (DE)
Thu Sep 5 – Sun Sep 8, 2019, 10:00 -19:30
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 10:00 – 18:00
POSTCITY, First Floor, STARTS Area
Immersify Screenings at Deep Space 8K
Island in the Sky II/Timestorm Films (DE), Timestorm Films
Pandarama/ARRI (DE), ARRI
Immersive Minimalism/Theresa Schubert (DE), Credit: Theresa Schubert
Poznan Cathedral 3D/PSNC (PL), Credit: PSNC
Singing Sand 2.0 / Tadej Droljc (SI), Credit: Tadej Droljc
During this year’s festival, the ongoing progress of Immersify is presented at Deep Space 8K in a series of demos (click here for a more detailed overview):
- Island in the Sky II – Timestorm Films (DE)
- Pandarama – ARRI (DE)
- Poznan Cathedral 3D – PSNC (PL)
- Immersive Minimalism – Theresa Schubert (DE)
- Singing Sand 2.0 – Tadej Droljc (SI)
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 11:30 -12:00
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 17:00 – 17:30
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 16:30 – 17:00
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 10:30 – 11:00
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 16:00 – 16:30
Ars Electronica Center, Deep Space 8k
The Great Pyramid in 3D, From the BBC Series Ancient Invisible Cities
The Great Pyramid in 3D, From the BBC Series Ancient Invisible Cities explores possibilities of virtual archaeology by scanning and digitally rebuilding historical architecture – in this case, the Great Pyramid of Giza. In this unique form of presentation, visitors can choose between different paths to explore the ancient structure, moving interactively in a 3D environment with stereoscopic 360° video at 12K resolution.
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 16:00 – 17:00
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 17:00 – 18:00
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:00 – 11:30
Ars Electronica Center, Deep Space 8k
Singing Sand 2.0
Tadej Droljc (SI)
Singing Sand 2.0 is the newest iteration of Tadej Droljc’s experimentations with abstract stereographic 3D computer graphics, rendered in 8K for the first time. The piece is an immersive, audiovisual experiment in which the movement of particles is sonified in real-time, affecting the color- and soundscape that envelopes the audience.
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 10:30 – 11:00
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 20:30 – 21:00
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:30 – 12:00
Ars Electronica Center, Deep Space 8k
Immersify 8K Live Streaming Demo
The 8K Live Streaming Demo takes a look back at the recent worldpremiere of the world’s first transcontinental 8K livestream from Tokyo to Linz, and reproduces an 8K live stream – stretching the limits of what is technologically possible today.
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 10:00 – 11:00
Ars Electronica Center, Deep Space 8k
Panel Discussion: “Immersify – Frontiers of European Media Creation”
At the Panel Discussion Immersify project partners and involved artists gather to speak about the new generation of immersive media applications.
- Mauricio Alvarez Mesa / Spin Digital (DE/CO)
- Tadej Droljc (SI)
- William Trossell /ScanLab Projects (UK)
- Theresa Schubert (DE/AT)
- Martin Heck /Timestorm Films (DE)
Chair: Roland Haring / Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 10:00 – 11:30, POSTCITY, First Floor, OPEN FUTURELAB
Audio installation “Immersive Ambisonic Audio”
Immersify partner PSNC presents the audio installation Immersive Ambisonic Audio in the Trainhall Foyer of POSTCITY, offering a glimpse into their experiments with 3D-audio in a binaural domain.
Thu Sep 5 + Fri Sep 6, 2019, 10:00 -18:30
Sat Sep 7 + Sun Sep 8, 2019, 10:00 -19:30
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 10:00 – 18:00
POSTCITY, TRAINHALL FOYER
Practices & Impacts of STARTS Collaborations
POSTCITY, First Floor, AIxMusic Stage
